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Tell me, O Lord. / And how should the disciple be, O God, who is devoted to the practice of mercury? ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.2) The holy Bhairava said: / Free from longing, free from ego, devoid of greed and deceit, / constantly delighting in the Kula path, and devoted to worship of the guru, ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.3) self-controlled, knowing the instruction of disciples, powerful, free from envy, / knowing dharma, truthful in speech, skillful, virtuous, endowed with merits, pure, ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.4) knowing many treatises on mercury, skilled in the mercury pavilion, / knowing the rules of alchemical initiation, the apparatuses, the herbs, and the great minerals, ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.5) the count of colorations, the part of seed, the combination of opposites, the alchemical flux, / coloring, flowing process, oil, leaves, and penetrations, ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.6) excellence of color, softness, digestion of the infant and bound \[states\], / and both the sky-faring and earth-faring \[powers\]—he who knows this is considered a guru. ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.7) Knowledgeable in place, time, and rite, endowed with compassion and courtesy, / completely freed from greed and deceit, devoted to the practice of mantra, ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.8) endowed with the bodily marks from physiognomy, profound, affectionate toward the guru, / constantly devoted to the worship of gods, fire, the circle of yoginīs, and the Kula— / such a disciple is humble, knowledgeable in the tantras, truthful in speech, and firm of vow. ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.9) Men who are marked on their hands with the water jar, mattock, flag, conch, and so forth, O Devī, / should be employed in the accomplishment of treasure. ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.10) Strong, of great vigor, with dark-red eyes, / crooked noses, and ever fierce—they are recommended for the cave rite. ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.11) Those whose topknots are lean, with red hair, devoid of indolence, / tough, and with hot feet, one should employ in metallurgy. ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.12) First, O Devī, one should examine the well-collected practitioners, / brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, in regular succession. ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.13) Those who have conquered their senses, endure hardship, are endowed with constant endeavor, / heroic, and well-educated, are praised as practitioners, O beloved. ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.14) Those destitute of alchemical initiation, devoid of the stated characteristics, / disturbers, and devoted to sin—one should avoid them with effort. ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.15) She who is unchaste, of bad conduct, harsh, fond of quarreling, / gluttonous, wicked-minded, hollow-eyed, pitiless, / and reviles mercury—that woman one should completely avoid. ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.16) With such women, O fair-hipped one, the whole earth is filled; / there is no woman like the one who binds mercury. ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.17) The Kākiṇī, Kīkaṇī woman, and likewise the Kāñcikācinī; / she who is menstruating in the dark fortnight is known as a Kākiṇī woman; ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.18) she who is menstruating in both fortnights is regarded as a Kīkaṇī woman; ### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.19) she who is menstruating in the bright fortnight is a Kāñcikācinī woman. ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.20) Endowed with fresh youth, shapely, with a lovely smile, / possessing fine hair, a woman ever fond of a milk diet, ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.21) always speaking kindly, fond of stories from the Śiva scriptures, / whose face has the form of a lotus, whose gaze is shaped like a blue lotus, ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.22) whose teeth resemble diamond, whose lower lip resembles coral, / whose two breasts, O Devī, are high, plump, and symmetrical, ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.23) whose vulva resembles an aśvattha leaf, whose yoni is symmetrical, / whose feet are fleshy, smooth, and possess circular swirls of hair, ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.24) youthfully dark, slender in the waist, delicate, devoted in devotion to Śiva— / she is to be recognized as a Padminī, cheerful, with deer-like eyes. ### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.25) Menstruating at the full moon or the new moon, fortnight after fortnight, / divided into six types by the name Kākiṇī, stated earlier, she bestows mercury. ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.26) He with whom Mahādeva is pleased accomplishes rejuvenating alchemy; / through her alone, O goddess of the gods, should one carry out the operations of mercury. ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.27) For his intellect is pure and resolved in the accomplishment of mercury; / therefore, the guru and disciple mentioned earlier will share in accomplishment. ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.28) The holy Devī said: / From where does the practitioner obtain a woman with such characteristics? / Where there is beauty, O Mahādeva, the \[auspicious\] mark is not found; ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.29) where the mark is found, devotion is not found; / or else, by what means does beauty arise in one who is devoid of beauty? ### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.30) Where have you seen the triad of marks, O Maheśvara? / Tell me the means, O Lord, by which this comes to be. ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.31) The holy Bhairava said: / Hear, O Devī, the supreme secret, which is difficult even for gods to obtain: / the birth produced from father Sadāśiva in Caṇḍikā's womb. ### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.32) Their intellect, O Devī, becomes pure in the accomplishment of mercury; / one should give her the Tvaritā mantra, and free from pride, she should recite it. ### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.33) She who recites a hundred thousand mantras becomes endowed with good marks; / adopting the khecarī mudrā, she should recite the Pheṭkārabhairavī \[mantra\]. ### [2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.34) She should contemplate thus: 'This Caṇḍikā is my mother, and my birth is from the Destroyer of Tripura; / I am Kālikā arisen.' ### [2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.35) She can then declare the past, present, and future in the three worlds; / his helpers become such as his destiny warrants. ### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.36) The holy Devī said: / O God of gods, Mahādeva, vessel of all knowledge, / I ask about alchemical initiation for the benefit of practitioners. ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.37) The holy Bhairava said: / Hear, O Bhairavī, that unprecedented state which I shall describe to you; / hear now the ritual procedure of alchemical initiation as it is spoken. ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.38) Where the king is devoted to wise policy, powerful, and intent upon righteousness, / and the minister knows the truth of righteousness and is endowed with devotion and faith, ### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.39) there one should undertake this work: the binding of mercury and rejuvenating alchemy. / One should undertake it in a place where the people are devotees of Maheśvara. ### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.40) One should carry it out in a solitary place where no uninitiated beast is found, / in a well-concealed, beautiful place free from all obstacles, ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.41) provided with a wall and a moat, protected by doors and bolts, / secluded, spotless, delightful, and furnished with diverse flowering trees, ### [2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.42) thronged with swans and water-fowls, adorned with cakravāka birds, / supplied with clusters of divine herbs, having water, with dark green grass, ### [2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.43) adorned with clumps of white lotuses, blue lotuses, water lilies, and plantains, / in a multicolored mansion-garden, O Supreme Lady, one should construct \[it\]. ### [2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.44) In the middle of that, O Ruler of the gods, \[a hall\] fitted with a veranda, / furnished with windows, with smoke ascending upward, ### [2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.45) equipped with red banners, and likewise with implements prepared, / a place with well-arranged herbs, husks, firewood, and wild cow-dung, ### [2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.46) having the directional deities painted, Vināyaka worshipped, / consecrated by Umā and Īśa, and protected by the guardians of the directions. ### [2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.47) One should construct a pavilion of one story or of two stories. / Then, O Devī, in the bright fortnight endowed with the strength of the moon and stars, ### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.48) on an auspicious lunar day, auspicious hour, and ascendant aspected by benefic planets, / bathed, wearing white garments, adorned with white garlands and unguent, ### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.49) having worshipped young maidens with honey, ghee, curds, milk, and sesame seeds, / upon \[ground\] smeared with the dung of a tawny cow, surrounded by golden jars, ### [2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.50) strewn with barley and white mustard seeds, adorned with perfume and garlands, / upon a raised platform built there with bricks, O Sovereign of the gods, ### [2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.51) having carved a stone slab and fitted the stone-slab bolt, O dear one, / having performed nyāsa with the Rasāṅkuśa mantra on the fingers, heart, and other parts, ### [2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.52) one should place the mercurial linga there together with gold, O dear one. / "Oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ" is proclaimed as the root mantra of the king of mercury. ### [2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.53) Upon that, one should invoke the goddess Rasāṅkuśī with the root mantra, O dear one; / having worshipped the guardians of the directions in sequence outside on the square, ### [2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.54) Nandin, Mahākāla, Bhṛṅgirīṭa of great strength, / Kumbhakarṇa, Sugrīva, Bhṛṅgīka, and Dṛḍhāyudha, ### [2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.55) having placed them in fourfold division at the door, one should worship them on the right and left. / Having worshipped Śukra in the east, Skanda in the southeast quadrant, ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.56) then Rudra in the south, Pavana in the southwest, / Śiva in the western part, one should place Pāvaka in the northwest, / Umā in the northern part, and Vyāpaka in the northeast quadrant. ### [2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.57) Lepikā, Kṣepikā, Kṣārikā, Rañjikā, / Lohaṭī, Bandhakārī, Bhūcarī, Mṛtyunāśinī, ### [2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.58) Vibhūti, and Khecarī: the ten female messengers in order / are to be worshipped on an eight-petalled lotus, on the petals above and below. ### [2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.59) Pyrite, vimala, mountain \[bitumen\], capala, calamine, / blue vitriol, sulfur, and orpiment, in order starting from the east, ### [2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.60) the eighteen-armed Rudras, five-faced, three-eyed, / their diadems adorned with the crescent moon, blue-necked, having the bull on their banners, ### [2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.61) all bearing their respective colors—thus the eight lords of wisdom / are to be worshipped, O Great Sovereign, on the second eight-petalled lotus. ### [2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.62) On the pericarp, first, the quartet of śaktis beginning with the east: / Mālinī and the golden śakti; the transcendent śakti is taught to be Balā; / the immanent one is Vajraśakti; Kānti is to be known as both transcendent and immanent. ### [2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.63) In the middle of those śaktis, \[one should visualize\] the omniscient Rasabhairava, / resembling pure crystal, five-faced, three-eyed, ### [2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.64) with blazing, tawny, fierce eyes, with a mouth of blazing tongue, / with blazing eyebrows, with blazing hair, terrible to behold, seated on a corpse, ### [2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.65) bearing a crown of matted hair, with the crescent moon forming its crest, / wearing a tiger skin, with a serpent sacred thread, having a bull banner, ### [2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.66) the eighteen-armed god, with a face gently smiling. / With the thirty-two-syllable mantra one should worship Śiva in his full form. ### [2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.67) Learn from me the mantra of the Lord of Mercury as it is declared: ### [2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.68) "Oṃ hrīṃ krīṃ to the Lord of Mercury, to Mahākāla, to Aghorabhairava of great strength, vajra-hero, wrathful skeleton, kṣlauḥ kṣlaḥ." ### [2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.69) Upon his lap \[one should visualize\] the Great Goddess, adorned with jewel ornaments, / brilliant like refined gold, wearing yellow garments, three-eyed, ### [2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.70) standing between two white whisks, adorned with a pearl parasol, / holding a goad and a rosary in her right hands, ### [2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.71) a noose and the gesture of fearlessness with her left \[hands\], with the crescent moon on her crest, / the Great Goddess Rasāṅkuśī, blue-necked, full of compassion. ### [2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.72) One should worship her for the attainment of mercurial perfection with the five-seed vidyā: / the vāgbhava, the bhuvanīśī, and the śrībīja, O Sovereign of the gods, ### [2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.73) the mādana, and the śaktibīja: the vidyā exceedingly difficult to attain. / With incenses, lamps, food offerings, flowers, betel, and sandalwood, ### [2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.74) with the resonance of peace recitations, with the auspicious sounds of hymns, / accompanied by the ringing of bells, having performed worship according to rule, ### [2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.75) one should carefully offer an oblation with the Aghora mantra for the pacification of all obstacles / to spirits, yakṣas, rakṣasas, and piśācas, ### [2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.76) accompanied by the Aghora mantra, beginning with the syllable "oṃ" and ending with "namaḥ", / which accomplishes all works, O Devī, and destroys obstacles and afflictions. ### [2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.77) Having recited according to one's capacity this very Rasāṅkuśī vidyā, / and having fashioned a sacrificial pit, O Queen of the gods, in the form of a yoni-wheel with girdles, ### [2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.78) having performed oblations there in due order with ghee and sesame seeds, / one should place a jar, O Devī, filled with water and provided with fruit, ### [2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.79) supplied with the five gems, wrapped around with cloths. / Having consecrated it there separately with the eighteen vidyās, ### [2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.80) filled with fragrant flowers and other items, adorned with sprouting twigs, / and having worshipped the guest-offering vessel and sprinkled the practitioner with the vardhanī vessel, ### [2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.81) one hundred and eight times with the water of the guest-offering vessel / and consecrated him according to rule with the water of the jar, the knower of mantras ### [2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.82) should impart the vidyā, O Devī, and instruct the alchemical practitioner. / Then, with appropriate foods and drinks, one should satisfy ### [2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.83) virgins, yoginīs, yogins, and practitioners, and should keep a vigil there. / The practitioner initiated in this manner, O sovereign of razors, ### [2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.84) consisting of the great elements, composed of the five syllables, / the vidyā whose essence is the five seeds, upon the inner thread of breath-control, ### [2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.85) having formed the Rasāṅkuśī mudrā, should recite one hundred thousand times, O dear one. / For him, Rasabhairava is attained without obstacle, O Sovereign of the gods. ### [2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.86) Beginning with the praṇava and ending with "namaḥ", the supreme recitation takes place at the end of the libation. / Non-violence is the sandalwood paste, truth is the flower, non-stealing is the incense, ### [2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.87) celibacy \[serves as\] the great lamp, non-acceptance of gifts as the bell, / and rice cooked in milk, O supreme goddess, having compassion for all beings as its nature. ### [2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.88) Secretly worshipping the Goddess, he becomes a vessel of success; / he should recite this \[mantra\] either a thousand times or a hundred times at the three junctures of the day. ### [2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.89) By the grace of her command, mercury becomes a sky-farer, / and divine herbs are mastered for him alone, O one praised by the gods. ### [2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.90) Just as one who mounts a rutting elephant in the forest without a goad \[comes to grief\], / so one ignorant of the mercury-goad comes to grief upon obtaining the lord of mercury. ### [2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.91) Along with the esoteric lore, \[the teaching\] must be learned from a guru belonging to the true tradition / by one desiring total success in the multitude of mercurial operations. ### [2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.92) Now, for the invocation of a divination, with concentrated mind one should meditate / upon the previously mentioned Rasabhairava and practice becoming absorbed in him. ### [2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.93) Having placed the mind in the anāhata \[chakra\] and in the faultless brahmarandhra, / having first performed the ritual placement on the hands and then the ritual placement on the limbs, / one should, collected in mind, recite the mantra of the lord of mercury according to one's capacity. ### [2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.94) Then, having drawn a square, in the center a hexagonal diagram, / measuring one cubit or two cubits, with clean grains of rice, ### [2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.95) in a place smeared with fragrant substances, one should worship it with sandalwood and other offerings. ### [2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.96) In the pericarp, O Devī, one should place the previously mentioned Rasabhairava; / in the hexagon, one should arrange the six deities beginning with Mahākāla: ### [2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.97) one should place Mahākāla, Mahābala, Aghora, Vajravīra, / Krodha, and Kaṅkāla, and worship them with the garland mantras: ### [2.97.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.97.p1) ‘Oṃ hrīṃ krauṃ kṣlaiṃ kṣlaṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ hrūḥ huṃ phaṭ to the Lord of Mercury, to Mahākālabhairava, of terrible form, with dark yellowish-brown eyes: / descend, descend! cause to descend, cause to descend! speak, speak! cause to speak, cause to speak! declare the good and bad, declare, declare! make great protection, make, make! grant mercurial success!’ / Thus the garland mantras. / ‘Oṃ to Mahākālabhairava, to the heart, namaḥ.’ / ‘Oṃ to Mahābalabhairava, to the head, svāhā.’ / ‘Oṃ to Aghorabhairava, to the crest, vauṣaṭ.’ / ‘Oṃ to Vajravīrabhairava, to the armor, huṃ.’ / ‘Oṃ to Krodhabhairava, to the eye, vauṣaṭ.’ / ‘Oṃ to Kaṅkālabhairava, to the weapon, phaṭ.’ / Everywhere ending in svāhā. / Thus the placements on the limbs. / One should perform the placements on the fingers first in this way. / These are the root mantras for the six limbs and for worship. ### [2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.98) One should worship the letters of the placement thus with assemblages of fragrant flowers. / One should place a full jar in the center, and a shallow dish along with rice grains; ### [2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.99) upon it a ghee lamp, and one should consecrate the wick with the mantras. ### [2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.100) Then, bringing a maiden or an auspicious boy— / one should bring one, two, three, four, or five according to availability— / one should worship \[them\] with fragrant flowers, incense, lamps, and food offerings. ### [2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.101) On each one, one should place the mantra and the deities of the heart and other \[limbs\]. ### [2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.102) Then, looking into that lamp, all the maidens there / \[and\] the boys see the deity in the lamp, and good and bad fortune; / the maidens declare success or failure. ### [2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.103) Having thus ascertained the invocation of the divination, one should proceed with the mercurial work. ### [2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.104) One who was formerly imbued in mind with the lord of mercury, O goddess of the gods, / having died and been born through seven lifetimes, does not abandon contemplation of mercury. ### [2.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.105) Having thus known good and bad fortune, endowed with the grace of the deity, / having worshipped the goddess Rasāṅkuśī in the pavilion as before, ### [2.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.106) and having also worshipped the teacher with incense, garlands, sandalwood, and so forth, / and offered a bali-offering with the Aghora \[mantra\], one should then perform the work. ### [2.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.107) The herbs are in the eastern part of the pavilion; the sweating of mercury is in the southeast; / the killing of metals is in the south; grinding and so forth is in the southwest; ### [2.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.108) the operation of liquefaction is in the west; blowing \[the furnace\], O beloved, is in the northwest; / the enhancement of color is in the north; and mercurial transmutation is in the northeast. ### [2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.109) Having placed the seat of the guru in the middle, O queen of gods, / the practitioner must perform the operations from restraint up to penetration, / O fair-faced one, with the Rasāṅkuśa mantra. ### [2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.110) The Rasabhairava who was previously described, O goddess of the gods: / Sadyojāta is his knee, and Vāmadeva his secret part; ### [2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.111) Aghora is his heart, his face is remembered as Tatpuruṣa, / Īśāna extends up to the space between his eyebrows, and the crescent moon is his forehead. ### [2.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.112) Above that, O Devī, is the bindu; above the bindu resides the nāda; / between the forehead and the crown of the head, Śakti is situated right there. ### [2.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.113) Vyāpinī resides in the brahmarandhra, and above that is unmanā; / unmanā is the state of mind-transcendence, unmanā is the imperishable abode. ### [2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.114) Above that is the supreme truth, abiding in the void, higher than the highest, / the void, the void, and again the void, the threefold void, free from affliction; ### [2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.115) the sky, the firmament, the void, the space, and solitary ether; / partless, spotless, eternal, waveless, free from affliction; ### [2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.116) free from manifold expansion, without support, devoid of qualities yet the sphere of qualities: / in this form one should constantly meditate upon Rasabhairava within one's own body. ### [2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.117) And when one meditates steadily, when the mind is motionless, / then mercury is likewise bound motionless within the fire. ### [2.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.118) And when meditation wavers, mercury does not stay in the fire. ### [2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.119) Outside the circle, at night, with liquor, fish, meat, and the like, / one should worship the yakṣas, gandharvas, piśācas, and rākṣasas. ### [2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.120) Obstacles to the performance of operations and obstacles to the results arise / by the millions; therefore, for the pacification of each of them, / having first worshipped Vaṭukeśvara and the sixfold grace of the worship, one should proceed. ### [2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.121) And at the end of the operation, having again worshipped the child \[Vaṭuka\] and the eightfold eightfold grace, / one should apply that successful substance, which grants success. ### [2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.122) One who has succeeded should destroy the dispute; he should leave that region; / he should wander for alms gathered like bees when the great mercury is fully perfected. ### [2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.123) If an obstacle arises through negligence when the binding of mercury has been performed, / the pacification of mercury should be performed; one must not cause agitation to the mercury. ### [2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.124) One must not show mercury, O Devī; one must not drop it into a woman's hand; / the secret must not be told to a woman; one must indeed conceal the substance from them. ### [2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.125) It must not be done with another's materials; one must not touch another's wife; / one must never eat another's food; and one must never trust others. ### [2.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.126) It should not be given to those of evil intent, nor to a solicitor in the form of a company. ### [2.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.127) On the eighth day, on the full moon, on the new moon, at the start of yugas, / at the solstices, at the equinoxes, and especially on the fourteenth day, / one should celebrate the festival of mercury according to one's wealth. ### [2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.128) O Devī, whoever performs the festival of mercury in this way, endowed with devotion, / his various sins, such as the killing of a brahmin, are destroyed. ### [2.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.129) Where practitioners perform worship according to this procedure, there neither disease nor destitution arises, nor do plagues prevail. ### [2.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.130) Having duly instituted such worship for mercury according to the rule, the operation should then be performed by those desiring good fortune for themselves. ### [2.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.131) Whoever acts otherwise does not attain success; failure arises, suspicion of sin, and indeed confusion of intellect. ### [2.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.132) Disrespect, a host of illnesses, and doubt at every step \[ensue\]. Because of laziness, intense greed, and revealing \[it\] to others, the Kulakas steal away even the knowledge that had arisen, O beloved. ### [2.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2.133) One who is initiated, knowing the assignment of mantras, should practice mercurial operations. Declare that to me, O ruler of the gods; what else do you wish to hear? ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.2) · Pramāṇa